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On passing ammonia gas over heated copper oxide for some time, a reddish-brown residue is left behind. What property of ammonia is demonstrated here?
(a) Basic property
(b) Oxidising property
(c) Reducing property
(d) Acidic property
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(c) Reducing property
Explanation:
Ammonia reduces Black Copper [II] oxide to reddish brown copper as shown in the below equation:
\mathrm{2NH_3 + 3CuO \rightarrow 3Cu + 3H_2O + N_2 \uparrow}Related Questions
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